New Zealand in India 2012 : VVS Laxman retires from international cricket | Cricket News | India v New Zealand | ESPN Cricinfo
Another Legend for India goes. Best of Luck to him for future!
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Why are they all going at once? First Dravid and now Laxman. Just when Indian Test team needed something to raise their confidence, two legends exits. I don't see current Test team anywhere near the standards of old team 2-3 years back. It will be tough journey from now on..
It seems to be hasty, emotional decision . Talk around the town should not affect a good professional . I guess he just gave up .
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Yeah. That too with the first test at his home Hyderabad itself....
However, he was picked for the test...but with him announcing his retirement.....has the selection committee named his replacement yet?
Badrinath is his replacement . hmmm . Would interesting to know the criterion to pick Badrinath .
VVS is a good accomplished batsman whose match saving antics came into play when India's top order failed completely, which did not happen very often in his 17 year long career . However, if Laxman would have batted at number 3 India would have won many more matches . He had a good run , would have been better .
Manjrekar lashes out at everybody, guys like Sachin rarely seem to have any interaction with him. Few years back he had asked Sachin to retire . You need not be affected by what others are saying. The point is did Laxman really believe what was been said about him by a section of media and did he really think his time was up ? If yes then it is a good decision else you can say that VVS is just another casualty of harsh criticism .
I guess Rahane or Mukund will open with Gambhir, Sehwag might move to number 5 and Kohli at number 3 .
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Tendulkar stepping aside from the ODI set-up is a necessity. Picking and choosing games which he wants to play terribly upsets the apple-cart and creates a disturbance within the team.
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Since the old players are getting blamed, I'd really like to see one of the season's Test series being Tendulkar's last. It is high time that he goes and as it applied for VVS, selectors simply should not rest on Sachin's past laurels.
Additionally, this article here by Sanjay Manjrekar shows what a hypocrite he has been.
Interview-after VVS's exit.
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My advice to Manjrekar would be to stop defending his Maratha clan by propounding that Tendulkar is the only batsman India has. If truth be told, he ain't anyone to make such comments after what the world has seen from his own career.
You are being ridiculous . Tendlya needs no defending neither does Laxman . If Laxman allowed himself to be bullied into retirement by media then the onus is on Laxman not on Sachin . Knowing Manjrekar this salvo is probably directed at Sachin , Laxman is just a casualty .
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Still not getting why are all people wanted veterans to retire esp Tendulkar. It's not like he is playing badly? He is still playing better than lot of youngster, heck he is even scoring more runs than before from last few years so why we all want him to go? Why fix it if it isn't broken?. It's same reason I can think for both Dravid and Laxman. They had 2 bad series and people started forcing them to retire. I hope for the sake of India's future whenever Tendulkar retires, India goes through a bad run for at least 5 years just to teach those stupid ----- to respect Seniors who carried the burden for 20 years. Indian cricket team would have been nothing without them.
It is not about the burden . They did not do anybody a favour and were payed the correct amount. It is about form . I Guess Dravid was in good form .Laxman was a bit iffy .And Sachin has rarely hit a bad patch(by other players standard's, not his).So this clamour for their retirement is amusing .
